Thai Peanut Chicken Salad
This Thai peanut chicken salad is anything but your classic chicken salad. A flavorful peanut sauce inspired by chicken satay makes it a unique addition to a sandwich for lunch or a fun party appetizer.
Have you had chicken satay?
Satay is a Southeast Asian dish of seasoned, skewered and grilled meat served with a sauce, quite often a spicy peanut sauce.
Chicken Satay Salad
We're straying a bit from the traditional chicken satay today, with a chicken salad inspired by the flavors of this Indonesian dish.
As much as we love satay, this dish isn't our brain child. It actually came from Dena over at Oh! You Cook!
Her blog is a fun mix of Kosher recipes and Asian dishes made easy, with a lot of other fun stuff thrown in. There were so many unique dishes that we wanted to try, but after dinner the other night, we had some shredded chicken that was just crying to be used, and Diane's Chicken Satay Bites seemed like the perfect way to use up the leftovers.
This chicken satay - inspired chicken salad is a fun mix of peanut nuttiness, with bright lime, spicy hot sauce, and smooth cilantro.
It's a great chicken salad twist when you're looking for something just a bit out of the ordinary!
Thai Peanut Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- ¼ cup peanut butter
- 1 karge lime, juiced (roughly 3 tablespoon juice)
- 3 tablespoon water
- 2 teaspoon hot sauce
- 2 teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups cooked chicken breast, shredded
- 2 tablespoon peanuts, unsalted, roasted
- 1 Tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
Instructions
- Mix together peanut butter, lime juice, water, hot sauce, ginger, and salt until a thin paste forms.
- In a large bowl combine chicken with peanut sauce, peanuts, and cilantro.
- Serve mixture warm or chilled with pita or other flatbread.
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Sarah founded Curious in 2010 as a way to save her recipe creations and share culinary experiences. Her love for cultural cuisines was instilled early by her French Canadian Grandmother. Her experience in the kitchen and in recipe development comes from over 10 years working in professional kitchens. She has traveled extensively and enjoys bringing the flavors of her travels back to create easy-to-make recipes.
I am always looking for ways to use leftover chicken. Thanks for sharing on SRC.
I love satay - brings back lots of memories of holidays in Bali - and even more I'm loving the idea of a satay inspired chicken salad. Definitely a must try 🙂
Sue
This looks amazingly delicious and super simple! 😀 Thanks for sharing! I look forward to trying it!
This is a very unusual, and delicious sounding chicken salad. I love the creativity of it!
That looks and sounds seriously good! Happy reveal day!
This sounds sooo yummy! I love all the flavors together. Definitely want to try this one!! PS-- Made your Green Chili and Spinach Skillet Enchiladas this week and totally loved them!! 🙂
Thanks for stopping by Jess. So glad you liked the enchiladas!
We are big fans of chicken salad in this house. This one sounds delicious! Great pick this month 🙂
It's crazy but I've never had satay, but it looks so good. Pinning and stumbling to make sure I try it!
Very creative recipe! Pinned and can't wait to try it 🙂 PS I have that same napkin - gotta love Pier1 for food blogger styling 🙂
Thanks! Oh yes, love that napkin!
I love chicken satay, but confess I never really thought about it in a salad. Great idea!
Lovely recipe, I am very fond of satays of any type! This would be perfect on a warm evening like.... tonight! 😉
It is great for a light, cool dinner!
Oh wow this looks good! Great pick this month.
I LOVE satay so will undoubtedly love this salad! A great SRC pick and such pretty photos too!
Thanks Karen!
I've certainly ordered satay when out to eat but why have I never made it at home? This recipe looks delish & easy (dreaming of it as a chicken salad sammie...)
Chicken Satay is a great way to use leftover chicken. Glad you enjoyed my recipe!
-Dena @ohyoucook